Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-09-15
WASHINGTON LETTER,
IFr"" Our Regular Corrrspoadent.l

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 1897.
The last princelins to paralyze tn.
Anglomaniacs and admirers of royal.
ty, who are far too numerous in thi.
city, Is the Thakore Sahb OF Limbli
from India's coral strand,' who.
with his retinuc OF servants, arrived
on visit II day or two since. His
royal nibs, though vassal osVictori.,:
claims to be an absolute soyerci,,
over II principality about the size OF
England being in the esidency OF
Bombay.
All the local military conn ,nics and
quite II cOncOiirse of citizens assei,i-
ble'l at the Baltimore and Potomac
depot night or two since to extend a
cordial reception home to the Wash
'ngton l.isht Infantry, after their
week in camp OH the beach ut Allan.
tic City. This occasion shovel. as
had often been the case before. that
whatever else might fail az a great
popular attraction, u military de-
monstration. even OF n trivial cllarac-
ter, sets Washington half wild almost
Ell masse. One might have supposed
that these holiday soldiers. who have
never seen II hostile flag. were fresl,
from some sang'iinary field crowned
with the laurels OF grim visagei war.
when, as ~ matter OF fact, the gallant
youths had only been waging war for
one little week against mutton chops.
CLAIMS. crabs. Jersey |
mosquitoes and the mOon-struck |
mai lens.
The recent raili Dad accidents were
perhaps blessings in disguise, and may
bear good fruit in Congress-.
rs Senator Butler. Of south Carolina.
who was in one of the collisions, has.
10y personal experience, been brought
to u vivid realization OF the perils ot
pa, 'irgers AMI the necessity OF special
legislation for their protection, and
also to provide that railroad men
shall not he OverwOrked. which pro.
posed legislation will he offered as an
amendment to the Interstate law.
The senator was Ori. n illy opposed
to tins bill. but his recent adventure
md the fact that he has bur one le,
anyhow has brought him to it's sup
, 'rt with II round trn.
The political quid nuncs have been
arOusei from their summer l,np,,or
~ the visit of Speaker Carlisle to the
'apital. but that distinguished gent le-
nan declares in an interview that hei-
simply here on department business, :
md that no political Significance
whatever attaches To his presence IN
he city. and he further st ates that L.
'nows nothing Of the alleged Demo
ratio conference. about which the ;
newspapers have had so much to say. ,
Another leak has been discovered i'm ,
he United states Treasury-this time 6
N account of the paymasters of the i
Irmy, many Of whose ba Ia lces have
'een found to be crooked. From n ,
aslial investigation of the books of q
he accounting officers of the Treasury \
Is shown that a number of these I
rmy paymasters have not had n full '
ettlcmcnt with the Government in : {
our or five years. Some OF the bonds :
{ the defaulting officials have expired n
nd the outcome will probably be the n
)ss of several thousand dollars to il
he United States. and u number of I
Ulcers degraded. il
The supreme Council of the .Nmeri- Il
an Legion of Honor has inst ad- q
burned, after an unusually pleasant, a
nd Interesting meeting i'm this city. e
new feature introduced into their O
nancial ecOnoiny IL their guarantee 4
md OF Som,WhD, to be accumulated